All shades of purple
Tiny orchid-like blossoms
Ajuga carpet.
Art Prescription: For a short while we have a purple carpet in our flower beds. Ajuga! It’s purpleliscious! Up close it has details like a fragile orchid. Take a closer look…
art therapy
Azaleas April 13, 2014
Yellow pollen fog
Azaleas ripe with buds
Tulips unfold red.
Art Prescription: Buds everywhere.
Lost Lamb March 30, 2014
The lamb must be lost
Tiny wild blue hyacinths
Charm the lion’s roar.
Art Prescription: Hiked Merritt’s Pasteur today, a walk along a river that loops up and over a meadow. Saw lots of wildflowers and goldfinches. Still wearing my winter coat and gloves! The wind bites.
Self Awareness March 27, 2014
Mirage, illusion
Who is there in the mirror?
Is that you? Myself?
Art Prescription: Do you ever time travel? Art journal…it’s a messy one…just where I am.
We are what we think March 25, 2014
Expect clouds, get rain
How you spend your day, your life
Adds up, the raw truth.
Art Prescription: Science is learning about our brain’s ability to adapt and rewire. This phenomenon, known as neuroplasticity, suggests there are concrete and provable benefits to exercising the brain. Doing art exercises the brain. Positive thinking exercises the brain.
“How you spend your days, is how you spend your life.” Think about it!!
Saturday Morning March 22, 2014
Stretch, yawn, and repeat
Wake up slow, no alarm clock
Saturday morning.
Art Prescription: While for the most part I like being up early, makes the day longer, it is on occasion totally blissful to sleep-in.
Live Music March 10, 2014
Paint to live music
Cardinals, crows, and tree frogs
All sing their best song!
Art Prescription: Water-painting…with a little paint.
Polar Vortex March 6, 2014
Sleet bounces off coat
Leaves shiver, abrasive wind
Early spring betrayed.
Art Prescription: Sleeting again in NC…on March 6th! Wildflowers are trying to bloom!
Evening Grosbeak March 1, 2014
Exclamation mark!
A black and white bird, rose-breast
Evening Grosbeak.
Art Prescription: If you read my blog, you’ve seen a couple of renditions of this Evening Grosbeak. I learned from my previous paintings, and am pleased with this outcome.
Tree Energy February 28, 2014
Where all is quiet
Trees rest in the setting sun
A walk in the woods.
Art Prescription: After two hectic days at my RN job, I came home to take a walk in the woods. The stress of the day evaporates into the sky and I breathe in cool, fresh air.
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